[VHFcontesting] Pack Rovers meet ARRL contest objectives

[n2lbt@n2lbt.com]

But who is to blame? The rover that operates within the rules of the  
contest and the FCC or the operator that knows there are contacts to  
be made by using equipment capable of making these contacts. Are you  
saying that if I was visiting your area and said I would be coming  
with 900 gear but could only work you on 909 that you could not make  
plans to work me? If it is than I would say you have the problem.

Why do you think there is such a lop sided score increase over all in  
New England? It's because the operators are aware of what resources  
are available and make the contacts when available. You just don't  
get it. VHF operators work hard up here and they reap the benefits.  
They elmer each other on air and at regular meetings. This just  
proves how out of touch you are with VHF contesting.


--
Dennis Hudson, N2LBT/VE2/VE3/R
"The Canadian Mickywave Rover"
http://www.n2lbt.com/

On Aug 16, 2005, at 10:14 AM, Kenneth E. Harker wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 10:46:46PM -0400, Bill Katt wrote:
>
>
>>> or operate on frequencies (such as 908 MHz) that nobody else  
>>> uses, which
>>> further impedes their capability to make QSOs with other stations.
>>>
>>
>> So, you're saying that rovers, or any other operator, should restrict
>> themselves to only using popular frequencies?  Doesn't this go  
>> against
>> the whole 'use it or lose it' philosophy, let alone the concept of
>> expanding activity, inventing new devices to speak on underused  
>> bands,
>> etc?  I thought amateur radio was about developing new horizons, not
>> shrinking from them...
>>
>
> Of all the many stations on the 33cm weak signal band today, I  
> would bet
> that 99.9% of them operate on 902.1 MHz +/- or in a few parts of the
> country 903.1 MHz +/-.  When a captive rover is given gear for the  
> 33cm
> band that cannot transmit on 902.1 or 903.1, that can only work on  
> a portion
> of the 33cm band that other weak signal stations literally cannot use
> (because most use a 144 MHz IF radio that only has a 4 MHz wide  
> transmit
> range) it becomes obvious that those rovers are not expected to be  
> making
> QSOs with any other station than the mother ship.  In fact, they  
> literally
> cannot do so.
>
> -- 
> Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
> kenharker at kenharker.com
> http://www.kenharker.com/